“Here Come The Aliens” Radio Riviera Special (CH-Saturday 16th March 2019) :

Here Come The Aliens, Kim Wilde’s last album was released one year ago. At this occasion, the Swiss Radio Riviera will brodcast a Special Here Come The Aliens programme this Saturday 16th March 2019 from 20h00. All tracks from Kim’s last album Here Come The Aliens and audio messages especially recorded by fans will be brodcast. Listen to it live here : radioriviera.ch

The original version & Deluxe version of Here Come the Aliens by Kim Wilde is still available here : amazon.co.uk

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Sommernachtstraum 2019 (Ger-Saturday 20th July 2019) :

Kim Wilde & her band will perform live at the Sommernachtstraum 2019 Music Festival at the Olympiapark in Munich (Germany) on Saturday 20th July 2019. Information & tickets here : olympiapark.de

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Kim Wilde Live at La Garde (Fr-Monday 29th July 2019)

Kim Wilde & her band will perform live at La Garde in the South of France on Monday 29th July 2019 at “La Place de La République”. Entry for this concert will be free !!

Kim Wilde has covered It’s my life at several occasions during live shows in Europe :

Ricky Wilde’s tribute to Mark Hollis on twitter :

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Exciting Kim Wilde News !! (UK-Sunday 24th February 2019) :

This photo was posted recently on twitter by Kim Wilde with the following message : “Hi everyone! Enjoying my break before a busy spring & summer. Have some exciting news soon !”

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Happy Valentine’s Day (UK-Thursday 14th February 2019) :

Kim Wilde News wishes a Happy Valentine’s Day to you all…

This is depression (UK-Tuesday 12th February 2019) :

Denise Harrison, who used to be a homeless woman, has beaten alcoholism and got her life back on track. Denise has recently released a short film called “This is depression” which music was written by Ricky Wilde. This soundtrack also features vocals by Kim Wilde & her borther Ricky. Watch it here :

According to this post by Kim Wilde on twitter, an album live of the Here Come The Aliens Tour could be released soon…

Earlier, videos had been published on the net about the Here Come The Aliens UK Tour and at the end of it it was mentionned that they were taken from a forthcoming video documentary about the Here Come The Aliens Tour. Maybe it will be available on DVD, fingers crossed…

Some titles already suggested to Kim Wilde are mentionned in this poll but what do you think ?

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“Kids in America” 38th Anniversary (UK-Saturday 26th January 2019) :

Kim’s debut single Kids in America was released in the UK 38 years ago on 26th January 1981. The music was written by her brother Ricky Wilde & lyrics by her father Marty Wilde.

Marty Wilde about “Kids in America” :

This was the song that started Kim off and it’s a very important track. The melody line was written by Rick at our Hertfordshire home and it really came quite quickly, in about half an hour. We originally thought it would be a great title for an album as well as a single and had this vision of the sleeve which would feature a New York skyscraper with Kim’s face in an aura in the background instead of the sun or moon. It was our first hit, written for enjoyment and we were delighted that it got as high as it did.

Ricky Wilde about “Kids in America” :

I wanted to be a singer. I went into a demo studio and recorded a couple of tracks and went into RAK Studios. And Mickie Most came out and heard it and said “Yeah, I like it, but I want this to be recorded with a different producer”. Which I wasn’t too happy about. So I said “Yeah, okay, I’ll do it”, cause it was a record deal. So I went in there, recorded these couple of songs and I said to the guy who was producing me, a guy called Steve, I said, “Steve, it is alright if I bring my sister in to do backing vocals?”. He says, “Yeah, fine, bring her in”. So Kim came in and started singing. When she was singing Mickie Most came in and said “She looks good. I like her voice as well, maybe we can do something with her”, and he walked out.
And then Steve looks at me and said, “Yeah, maybe I can produce something with Kim as well”. And I thought, “Hang on a minute… I’m not sure about this”. So that’s when I went home that night, wrote ‘Kids in America’, booked two days studio time in a separate studio, recorded it with Kim, then went back to Mickie and said, “Look, this is a song with Kim that I produced, what do you think of it?”, and he thought it was a smash. Then it became priority over my stuff.

Kim Wilde about ‘”Kids in America” :

I knew it was a hit, and within a month it had been remixed here, in Mickie Most’s studio. The record was all quick-quick-quick. Ricky and my father wrote it quite quickly, it was demo’d quickly, mixed quickly, and went up the chart quickly. That’s the way I like pop music to be: write a good song, sing it, and get on with the next before there’s time to think about it too much.

I still like my song Kids in America. I’m just waiting for one of tese new bands to cover it. Someone like Jesus And Chain Mary Gang, whatever it’s called… Jesus And Main (bursts into hysterical laughter and puts on a granny voice)… what’s that new-fangled pop band called, the one that all the young people like these days…

That’s the fun about music: it should wind people up a bit. I mean, “Kids in America” really wound people up. It was such an infectious song that people really hated liking it. It was sung by an English girl whose father had written the lyrics and whose brother had produced it. And it was on RAK Records to boot. “From New York to East California…” Where the hell’s that? I still don’t know! And everybody loved it.

When it was a hit in America, they were like, ‘Why ‘East California’? Why not all the way over to the west? Why miss out on that whole section of California that’s not mentioned in the song?’ And I said, ‘Well, they already got it. The people from the west side have already got it. We just had to bring it over to the east.’ I was finding myself trying to come up with any excuse as to why my dad might have written ‘East California’, and if you ask him, quite disarmingly, he’ll just say, ‘Cause it sounded better’.

It’s strange to have any feelings about that one any more, because I’ve been asked about it relentlessly for 13 years. I still really enjoy performing it. It’s easy to like ‘Kids In America’ because everybody else loves it. I can see that it’s a classic song, which explains why there’s the interest in remixing it again. I can’t say that about every record I’ve released, but I think I can say that about ‘Kids In America’.

I did hear the one by Lawnmower Deth. They have made a trashmental-version. And there’s a horrific version in the movie Clueless. It’s really horrible. But I like that the song comes up every now and again. It doesn’t surprise me, because it was such an enormous hit. And everyone still likes the song.

The new issue of the French gay magazine includes a Kim Wilde interview released in Paris in November 2018 by Rémi Berger. Kim declared that she is proud to be a gay icon and that she particularly appreciates the support of the LGBT community especially during live concerts.

(Kim Wilde with Rémi Berger in November 2018)

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Happy New Year 2019 !! (UK-Tuesday 1st January 2019) :

Kim Wilde News would like to wish you a Happy new Year 2019 !! All the best for the new year and lots of Kim Wilde wishes : new French live dates, new album reeditions by Cherry Pop, etc. Thanks for your continuous support and regular visits to this blog.

Kim Wilde posted this photo on twitter with the following message : “Hey Rockers! Happy New Year. Ready for ya 2019…bring it on !”

Kim Wilde & her band will perform at the Uelzener Open R 2019 Festival at Almazed Arena in Uelzen (Germany) on Friday 21st June 2019. Some of the other acts will include Paul Young, UB40 and Nik Kershaw…

Kim Wilde & her band will perform at the Roskilde Kongrescenter Bauhaus Arena on Thursday 6th June 2019. More information & tickets here : roskildekongrescenterdk.com

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A night for Christina 2 (UK-Tuesday 4th June 2019) :

Kim Wilde will perform again this year at this charity concert called ” A night for Chrsitina 2″ at “Under the bridge” on Tuesday 4th June 2019 to raise money for Kenny’s daughter Christina’s cancer treatment. Some of the other acts will include kenny Thomas (Living in a box), Tony Hadley, Midge Ure, Martin Fry (ABC), Nik Kershaw, Carole Decker (T’Pau)…

Tickets will be on sale this Friday 14th December 2018 at 12 noon. Watch this space : Night4Christina

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80-Talet (Sweden-Saturday 25th May 2019) :

Kim Wilde & her band will perform live at the 80-Talet Music Festical in Stockholm on Saturday 28th May 2019.

Photo posted on twitter by Kim Wilde with the following message : “I’m wishing on a star , dreaming of a White Christmas!”

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Tribu Move Interview (Fr-December 2018) :

The gay magazine “Tribu Move” featured a Kim Wilde interview released when kim did promotion in Paris for the new album Here Come The Aliens (Deluxe Edition) before the French Tour was officially cancelled.

Today, Kim Wilde introduced a special Christmas radio programme. Kim started her programme with Merry Christmas everybody by Slade, Still dreaming of a Wild Christmas by Andy Williams, The spaceman travelling by Chris De Burg, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues & Kirsty Mc Coll, Mistletoe & wine by Cliff Richard, Driving home for Christmas by Chris Rea, Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder, Rockin’ around the Christmas tree by Brenda Lee, Santas Claus is coming to town by , Last Christmas by Wham, Put a little love in your heart by Al Green & Annie Lennox, Let it snow by Bill Cosby…

If you missed it, listen to it again (by clicking on the picture below) :

Catch The Kim Wilde Request Show every Sunday 10am – 1pm playing your song requests. Don’t forget to let Kim know what you would like to hear and why for the next Kim Wilde Request Show by filling this form (click on the picture below)

German TV report featuring an interview of Kim Wilde about her passion for Christmas and the train serenade. Parts of videos for Hey Mr Snowman, Keeping the dream alive, Winter Wonderland, FU Kristmas and Rockin’around the Christmas tree were shown :

Today, Kim Wilde introduced a special Christmas radio programme. Kim started her programme with I wish it could be Christmas everyday by Wizzard, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer by The Crystals, Christmas by Michael Bublé, Wonderful Christmas time by Paul McCartney, Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley, Let it snow by Lady Antebellum, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Andy Williams, Last Christmas by Wham, Rockin’ around the Christmas tree by LeAnn Rimes, White Christmas by Bing Crosby, Winter Wonderland by Andy Williams, 2000 Miles by The Pretenders, The Christmas song by The Carpenters, All Alone On Christmas by Darlene Love…

If you missed it, listen to it again (by clicking on the picture below) :

Catch The Kim Wilde Request Show every Sunday 10am – 1pm playing your song requests. Don’t forget to let Kim know what you would like to hear and why for the next Kim Wilde Request Show by filling this form (click on the picture below)

The January 2019 issue of the French magazine “Jukebox Magazine” will feature a 6 page article + discography (1995-2018) about Kim Wilde. This article was originally due for the promotion of The new French release of Here Come The Aliens (Deluxe Edition) and French January Tour 2019 which is unfortunately cancelled now.

You can order a copy of that magazine (N° 385) at the Jukebox Magazine website now : jukeboxmag.com

Kim Wilde & her band will perform at the Uelzener Open R 2019 Festival at Almazed Arena in Uelzen (Germany) on Friday 21st June 2019. Some of the other acts will include Paul Young, UB40 and Nik Kershaw.

Kim Wilde will perform again this year at this charity concert called ” A night for Christina 2″ at “Under the bridge” on Tuesday 4th June 2019 to raise money for Kenny’s daughter Christina’s cancer treatment. Some of the other acts will include kenny Thomas (Living in a box), Tony Hadley, Midge Ure, Martin Fry (ABC), Nik Kershaw, Carole Decker (T’Pau)…

Tickets will be on sale this Friday 14th December 2018 at 12 noon. Watch this space : Night4Christina

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We all love ABBA (Belgium-Sunday 9th December 2018) :

Kim Wilde was inetrviewed by Stany Van Wymeersch when she performed at De roma in Belgium on Saturday 24th November 2018. Part of the interview will feature in his book “We all love ABBA” to be released soon.

Stany posted that photo above with the following message : “A big thank you Kim Wilde for your kind words about my book”.

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Clyde Cash For Kids (UK-Friday 7th December 2018) :

Kim Wilde and her band performed live at a Christmas charity concert for the association “Clyde Cash For Kids” at the Hilton in Glasgow (Scotland) on Friday 7th December 2018.

Rockin’around the Christmas tree :

Kids in America :

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Kim Wilde at a ball for The Society of Distinguished Songwriters (UK-Monday 3rd December 2018) :

According to an internet post by “Abi-k design”, Kim Wilde attended a ball in London for the Society of Distinguished Songwriters on Monday 3rd December 2018.

Message from “Abi-k design” : ” Thanks to Kim Wilde for endorsing my designs !! Last night, I attended a ball in London for the Society of Distinguished Songwriters. 135 unique Abi-K clutch purses were given as gifts for the ladies, and what a ball I had !! Thank you Lorna & Gary Osborne for inviting me and supporting an independant creative business”.

Today, Kim Wilde introduced a special Christmas radio programme. Kim started her programme with All I want for Christmas by Mariah Carey, 2 000 miles by The Pretenders, The Christmas song by Nat King Cole, Happy Christmas by John Lennon, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by The Ronettes, Stay Another Day by east 17, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Mel & Kim, Show Me The Magic by Jamie Cullum, White Christmas by Frank Sinatra, One More Sleep by Leona Lewis, Winter Wonderland by Andy Williams, Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses…

Catch The Kim Wilde Request Show every Sunday 10am – 1pm playing your song requests. Don’t forget to let Kim know what you would like to hear and why for the next Kim Wilde Request Show by filling this form (click on the picture below)

Those who had already bought their tickets will be reembursed before the end of December 2018.

A tweet by Kim Wilde about that cancellation :

Message posted on Kim Wilde official facebook page :

“We are very sad to announce that the planned shows in France in January 2019 have been cancelled.

Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our team’s control, we have been unable to continue in the preparations for the shows.

We are genuinely upset that we can’t bring the ‘Here Come The Aliens’ tour back to France in January and we hope that we can find another partner in France soon so that we can give our French fans the shows they deserve.

Exclusive signed artwork available until Wednesday 28th November 2018 !!

Just follow Scarlet’s message posted on twitter :

“Hi guys! Just a reminder, all purchases made from scarlettwilde.com made before this WEDNESDAY 28th will be signed by both Kim Wilde and I…so get your Christmas buys in sharpish…”

Scarlett Wilde, Kim Wilde’s niece and backing vocalist, has studied arts in Sydney (Australia) and has done an amazing job on the artwork for the Here Come The Aliens album and singles releases for Pop don’t stop, Kandy Krush & Birthday- and now you can buy signed prints of the original artwork !

Today, Kim Wilde introduced a special Christmas radio programme. Kim started her programme with Merry Christmas everybody by Slade, Still dreaming of a Wild Christmas by Andy Williams, The spaceman travelling by Chris De Burg, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues & Kirsty Mc Coll, Mistletoe & wine by Cliff Richard, Driving home for Christmas by Chris Rea, Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder, Rockin’ around the Christmas tree by Brenda Lee, Santas Claus is coming to town by , Last Christmas by Wham, Put a little love in your heart by Al Green & Annie Lennox, Let it snow by Bill Cosby…

If you missed it, listen to it again (by clicking on the picture below) :

Catch The Kim Wilde Request Show every Sunday 10am – 1pm playing your song requests. Don’t forget to let Kim know what you would like to hear and why for the next Kim Wilde Request Show by filling this form (click on the picture below)